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Lone Women
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it.
“Beautiful people expect so much more from life than life is willing to give them.”
― The Ferryman and His Wife
― The Ferryman and His Wife
“a sea-quake, a whale-made hurricane, a man-made typhoon – the”
― Call Me Ishmaelle
― Call Me Ishmaelle
“Don’t we all need to tell someone about ourselves, so as to bear the weight of living? Only if one can let out a bit of one’s own truth into the ear of another, and feel the warmth of an understanding gaze, can one breathe. But that was barred to me now. Concealing myself in the midst of this fraternity, I had lost all community.”
― Call Me Ishmaelle
― Call Me Ishmaelle
“Who is it that can tell me who I am?”
― The Astonishing Life of August March
― The Astonishing Life of August March
“this life is like an item of clothing, the beauty exists on the outside, but the warmth is found within. · · ·”
― The Ferryman and His Wife
― The Ferryman and His Wife
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